Fire Security UK Limited

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order

The Order firmly places a responsibility on the Responsible Person and outlines all
the measures that must taken to ensure the safety of all the people he or she is
directly or indirectly responsible for. At the same time it allows the Enforcing
Authority to make sure that it is enacted (by force if necessary) and sets penalties if it
is not. It requires the responsible person to carry out a Fire Risk Assessment, produce
a Policy, develop Procedures (particularly with regard to evacuation), provide staff
Training and carryout Fire Drills. The responsible person must provide and maintain
clear Means of Escape, Signs, Notices, Emergency Lighting, Fire Detection & Alarm
and Extinguishers.

Emergency Lighting

The Workplace Directive (89/654/EEC). This requires in clause 4.7 that Emergency routes and exits requiring illumination must be provided with emergency lighting of adequate intensity in case the lighting fails In the UK this is covered by our fire safety legislation, the guides for compliance recommend that people in premises must be able to find their way to a place of total safety if there is a fire by using escape routes that have enough lighting. Where any escape routes are internal and without windows, or premises are used during periods of darkness, including early darkness on winter days, then some form of backup to the normal escape route lighting (emergency escape lighting) is likely to be required to ensure safety.

Checklist Questions to be considered

• Are your premises used during periods of darkness?

• Will there always be sufficient lighting to safely use escape routes?

• Do you have back-up power supplies for your emergency lighting?

The effectiveness of the escape routes can be very much affected by the provision of correct emergency lighting which is properly maintained and so as a part of the overall fire precautions risk assessment, the emergency lighting installation(s) must be examined..

Minerva Fire Alarm System/Panels Obsolescence

The Minerva Product range of fire detection and alarm equipment manufactured by Tyco Safety Products was placed in its obsolescence period prior to being made obsolete in 2012.

There are approximately 35,000 installed Minerva systems worldwide making it one of the most successful fire alarm system ever. First released in 1988, the range will also be the most long-lived when it was eventually withdrawn in 2012.

The drive behind the decision to make the Minerva obsolete is a number of legislation changes that have taken place across Europe. The system was designed to the standard of the day, which was BS5839 Part 4, a standard long since withdrawn and replaced with EN54 standard. That Fire Security UK Limited current range of digital technology products complies fully.

Fire Security UK Limited range of digital technology products has been in development, trials and release for a number of years with the specific aim of utilising the latest technological advancements coupled with compliance to current and planned build standards and manufacturing legislation.

Fire Security UK is able to offer a planned system upgrade path from Minerva to a digital range of fire system for current networked or individual systems.

Another consideration is performance, since Minerva was launched over 20 years ago, fire detection technology and algorithms have evolved and now deliver clear improvements in performance and reliability. A modern business deserves the very latest technology to protect its people and vital assets from fire. Tyco Safety Products are acknowledged world leaders in research and innovation and our systems contain many unique features to make it the most advance in the world.